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| Summary |
The WHO/UNICEF guidelines for Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness offer simple
and effective methods to prevent and manage
the leading causes of serious illness and
mortality in young children.The clinical guidelines promote evidence based
assessment and treatment, using a
syndromic approach that supports the rational,
effective and affordable use of drugs.
The IMCI model handbook provides a detailed
explanation of the IMCI case management
guidelines. It is organized into seven main
parts: overview of the IMCI process; assess
and classify the sick child age 2 months up to
5 years; assess and classify the sick young
infant age 1 week up to 2 months; identify
treatment; treat the sick child or the sick young
infant; communicate and counsel; and give
follow-up care.
The IMCI charts and related in-service training
materials, provided in this handbook are
considered to be a generic version. The WHO
Department of Child and Adolescent Health and
Development created this handbook to help
teaching institutions incorporate IMCI into
academic programmes for doctors, nurses and
other health professionals.
Teaching institutions are advised to adapt the
handbook in two ways: (1) to ensure that all text,
charts and illustrations are consistent with
nationally-adapted IMCI clinical guidelines, and
(2) to ensure that its content and format
corresponds to the teaching approach used by
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